The feeding wader (plate 209) was named by entrants as: Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (81 %) Knot C. canutus (6%) Semipalmated Sandpiper C. pusilla (5%) Western Sandpiper C. mauri (4%) Little Stint C. minuta (3%), with a few votes each for Temminck's Stint C. temminckii, White-rumped Sandpiper C. fuscicollis, Baird's Sandpiper C. bairdii, Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotos, Stilt Sandpiper Micro

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